Malawi

Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa, with Lilongwe serving as its capital. Malawi, formerly known as Nyasaland, gained independence from the British colonial Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1964 to become an independent country, and Hastings Banda ruled the country as a one-party state until 1994. After Banda was forced out of office, Malawi became a multi-party democracy. The country is one of the world's least-developed countries, with the HIV/AIDS epidemic being a major threat to the work force and government expenditures, high infanty mortality rates and low life expectancy leading to population troubles, and the economy being poor. In 2016, Malawi had a population of 18,091,575 people.